An Examination of Peace in the Call for Justice and Public Responsibility via Curriculum Studies

• In Event: Rethinking the Curriculum Toward Liberatory Peace Education

Abstract

This paper explores historical roots, contemporary developments, and potential directions concerning the question of peace in the field of curriculum studies, respecting the call for equity, justice and public responsibility. The current moment is marked increasingly in the US by the commonplace occurrence of gun violence in schools and police brutality on the streets, and the growing specter of inequality, conflict and genocide worldwide. Locating and examining our understandings and responses as scholars regarding peace—some systematic study thereof—is critical work requisite for advancing our efforts to collaborate with others in creating a more beautiful world of justice, harmony and human flourishing via education, and curriculum that is supportive of such ethically nourishing, ecologically sustaining and life affirming education.

Author

• Molly Quinn, Louisiana State University